Magazine-camera.



.T. ZABR KI.

-- APPLICATION FILED OUT. 28, 1909.

990,941. Patented May 2, 1911.

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T. ZABROCKI. MAGAZINE CAMERA. APPLICATION FILED 0 0T. 2a, 1909.

Patented May 2, 1911.

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T. 211131100111. MAGAZINE GAMBRAQ. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 2B, 1909.

Patented May 2, 1911.

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T. ZABROGKI. MAGAZINE CAMERA. APPLIOATION'IILED OCT. 28', 1909.

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TONY ZABROGKI, OF WINONA, MINNESOTA.

. MAGAZINE-CAMERA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented May 2, 1911.

- Application filed October 28, 1909. Serial No. 525,146.

To all whom 'it may concern: I

Be it knownthat I, TONY ZABROGKI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winona,

in the county of Winona and State of Minnesota, have lnvented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine Cameras, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements on photographic cameras of the Well known magazine type. One'object of my invention is to provide for automatically depositing exposed plates successively in a removable box or receiver, simultaneously with focusing for another exposure.

Another object of the invention is to provide for the movement of a prepared plate,

or the foremost of a number of plates, and the ground glass in the same plane, thus insuring accuracy of focus on'said exposed plate.

lVith these and other objects in view my invention. consists in novel .features of construction, and combinations which will be first described in detail and then pointed out in the clauses of the claim at the close of this specification} In the accompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated the best form of apparatus so far devised by me, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved apparatus in position on the frame of a camera, the magazine being shown behind thelens in position to ex-- pose a plate. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the apparatus, the magazine being shown inposition to deliver an exposed plate to the dark box,- and the ground glass in rear of the lens-ofthe camera. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4E is'a. vertical section on line H; of Fig. 1. Fig.1) is a diagrammatic perspective view showing the magazine in dotted lines, and the relationthereto of the parts for moving the plate holders the view being taken from the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through the magazine on line 66 of Fig. 2, the magazine being reversed from .the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a vertical section on line 77 of Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a. view, in' perspective, of one of the plate holders. Fig. 9 is a perspective View showing the interior of the dark box. Figs. 10 and 11 are detail sections showing parts of the dark box.

.- 12 is a view in perspective showing the slide curtains. Fig. 13 is a detailvertical section taken on line 1313 of Fig. 12. Fig. 14 is a detail elevation showing the exposure indicator or register.

Before proceeding to a description of details of construction, I will outline, in a general way, the principal parts involved, and their functions, my aim being to provide an apparatus to be used with a camera back and comprising a stationary or main frame having horizontal guides or ways in which a slide-frame is adapted tobe moved to and fro, said last named frame carrying at one end, (the right hand end as shown) the usual ground or focusing glass, and at the other end being provided with an opening to re ceive a magazine designed to contain a dozen of the usual prepared plates. The opening receiving the magazine registers with the opening in the camera-back and main frame, in order that the plates in the magazine may be successively fed forward, and exposed when the flexible dark-slide is moved away from in front of the foremost plate. A darkbox adapted to receive the exposed plates, successively, is detachably secured beneath the left hand end of the main frame, the bottom way of which is at this point slotted to register with a similar slot in the darkbox, which latter slot is guarded by a lightexclnding flap normally held in its closed position by a spring or springs which yield to the weight of a plate, but act to instantly close the gate when the plate has passed downward into the box. When the slide frame is in the position just described the focusing glass will be in posit-ion behind-the camera lenses, and upon movement of said frame to bring the magazine again to the camera, a system of trip levers and springs serve automatically tomove the exposed plate backward in the dark box in order that another may be received, the foremost plate in the magazine in the meanwhile being antomatically moved forward to the plane of the focusing glass, and therefore in correct focus for exposure.

Secured to any suitable camera back 1 is a horizontally disposed main frame 2 provided with an opening 3 Figs. 3 andet corresponding with that of the camera back, said frame being extended to the left beyond said back as shown. To thelongitudinal edges of said frame rear rails 4 and 5 are secured their facing edges being rabbeted to ,form parallel ways 6 and 7 for a slide-frame presently to be described. The front face of the main frafne 2 is provided with an elongated recess 8 for the reception of slideeurtains 9 formed of metal, or some rigid material which will prevent the passage of light therethrough, as for instance, hard rubber. These slide-curtains 9 are provided respectively with openings 9 of appropriate size to either singly or conjointly expose a prepared plate behind them for the popular pingpong pictures, or those of other usual sizes recognized in the art. The slide-curtains are shaped near the top to form grooves 10 Figs. 12 and 13 which receive and ride upon a chamberedrail 11 carried by the main frame, a spring pressed lever 12 being pivoted in said frame and having a dog or detent 13 designated to enthumb piece 17, projecting rearward, inv the instance shown, and so arranged that they may pass each other horizontally .without' interference. At the left the upper edges of these slide-curtains decrease in height, stepwise, and are connected at their corners with the free ends of springs 18, the other ends of which are secured at a fixed point on the camera-back 1, said springs serving to hold the curtains away from the opening in the frame normally, in order that the sliding of one curtain, manually, may not impart movement to those next adjacent.

A scale 19 Figs. 1 and 2 is secured upon the upper rail 4, the edge of the rail having notches 19 at the scores of the scale to be engaged by a latch to be presently described.

A slide-frame 20 is mounted to be moved forward and back in the ways 6 and 7 of the main frame, said slide-frame being of such width and thickness as to fit and slide longitudinally in the ways 6 and 7, of the main frame, and of suflicient length to carry upon its rear face a holder for the ground or focusing glass 21, a rectangular socket 22 to receive the forward endof the magazine 23, and between said socket and groundglass holder, a spring pressed bolt 24 to engage the notches marked by the scale. The material of the body 20 of this slide-frame is removed to form openings, one, 25, opposite the ground glass holder 21, of a size to accord with those in the camera-back 1 and main fram 2, and the other, 26, at that point inclosed by the walls of the socket in the camera-back and the main frame.

' A plate shift consisting of a rock-shaft 27 journaled at the base and mouth of the socket 22 andcarrying a chute 28 provided at its ends with guide wings 29 flared out-j wardly to therear, in the position shown in Fig; 4, one end of the shaft, as shown, bein bent rearward to form a lever 30 by whic the plate shift. as a whole may be moved from the position shown in full lines, Fig. 4, to receive a plateholder from the magazine, to that shown in Fig. 7, to guide the plate holder forward toward the main frame, and into the dark-box.

The magazine, designated .as a whole by the numeral 23, conslsts' of a rectangular frame, open .at ront and rear, and adapted to fit snugly at front within the socket 22 of the slide-frame .20, and be locked therein by means of a cleat 23 secured to the bottom wall of a magazine and engaging a recess 22 in the bottom wall of the socket 22, and a spring pressed latch 22 engaging a keeper 31 in the top wall of the magazine. This magazine is provided with a darkslide .32. to exclude light at front or expose a late. according to, adjustment. This d'arli-slide 32 consists of a sheet of fabric of a nature to prevent the passage of light rays, to which sheet is secured, side by side, a plurality of narrow strips 34 of wood, or other light material, the structure as a whole, being guided at top and bottom to move in ways 35 formed in the top and bottom members of the magazine, a guideframe 36 being located atone end having rounded corners 37 (see Fig. 6) to facilitate the sliding movement of the dark-slide 32.

Interiorly'the magazine is provided at top and bottom with tracks 38 and 39 on which the plate holders, resently to be descr bed, are moved forward by a spring or springs, a volute spring 40'being shown, carried by the removable back 41 said back being provided at one edge, the left hand edge, as shown, with a plate spring 42 which at the insertion of the back yields to permit said edge to enter a retaining groove 43, and is of sufficient strength to move the back 41 toward the right to engage its right hand edge in a retaining groove 44 at the rear of the magazine;

The plate-holders A Fig. 8 are each other suitable'material, provided on its face adjacent three of its margins with flanges a a forming-keepers to' receive the prepared plates B. The ends of the flanges a are curved inwardly to' form stops a to engage the outer edge of said prepared plate B and prevent the accidental displacement thereof, there being sufficient space between the plate-holder .A and plate B to admit of springing the stops a free from the edge of- 130 formed of a rectangular sheet of metal, or .120

due to the friction of the plate'holders sliding forward upon them, and their ends are beveled toward the left,-see Figs. and 6,

- to facilitate the discharge of the plate-holders from them, the ends of the lower tracks 38 being also beveled downward, and overhanging the upper edge of the plate shift 28, when-'the latter is in the position shown in 4 and 7. Adjacent their forward ends, these tracks 38 and 39 are provided with somewl'lat deep notches 45 and 46 in their lower and upper surfaces respectively,

to receive the edges ofthe lower and upper stop 47, 48, 49, 50, and release blades 47, 48, and 49 -50. The upper stop blade 47 and lower release blade 50 are connected to each other at theirends'by rods 51 and 52, and the upper release blade 49 and lower stop blade 48 are similarly, connected by rods 53 and 54, to the end that vertical movement in the same direction may be simultaneously.

imparted to said connected blades. The release blades 49 and 50 are provided with stop-pins 55 and 56, so positioned that they pass through vertical apertures in the tracks 38 and 39 coincident with the notches 45 and 46 therein, said pins being positioned accurately in a plane with the focusing glass 21.

To impart vertical movement to the stop blades and release blades, I provide two U- shaped levers 58 and 59, fulcrumed in suitable bearings as 60, Fig. 6, one forwardly projecting arm 61 of the upper lever 58 being connected to the upper stop blade 47 midway of its length, and the other arm 62 thereof being connected by a. link to one end of a yoke Gil-mounted on a stubmshaft 64 journa-led in the side wall of the magazine,

and provided at its outer end with an operating crank and handle 65. The other end of the yoke 63"is connected by a link to one arm 66 oflever 59, also having suitable fulcrum bearings-like 60 in Fig. 6, the other arm-67 of said lever being connected to the lower stop blade 48. By this arrangement it will be seen that the proper movement of the crank and handle 65 will result in the simultaneous movement downward of the upper release blade 49 and lower stop blade '48, and upward movement of the upper stop-blade 47 and lower release blade 50. This operation permits the spring 40 to thrust the forward plate holder A forward fromengagement with the stop blades into engagement with the release blades, or their stop pins and 56, thus moving the prepared plate in said foremost holder into the plane of' the focusing glass 2t ready for exposure, and a the left in its ways 6 and 7 until the magazine is above the dark box, designated as a reverse movement of said handle 65 will resultin restoring these parts to their normal positions, the next succeeding plateholder in the magazine being moved forward by spring 40 into contact with the upper and lower stop plates.

An exposure having been made (one or more according to the slide curtain 9 em ployed) the slide frame will be -mo'ved to whole by the numeral 68. Y

Beneath the crank (35, and actuated-step by step bya platespring 65 secured to the .hub of said crank'is a circular indicatdr 65 having a circular series of twelve ratchet teeth or projections, numbered .1 to 12 and attached to the side of the magazine is a spring pointer 65- to indicate the number 'of plates exposed.

The dak-box- 68 is rectangular and constructed to exclude light, and provided at. top rear corner with metal battens 9 and 70 shaped to snugly engage and slide upon metal plates 7 attached to the under edge of the extension of the main frame 2-, and beneath the lower groove or way 7 tlurreoi. The box top is provided with an elongated opening 71 between the battens 69 and 70, said opening being closed by a light excluding spr'ng flap 72. This opening 71 registers wit a slot 7 in the rail 5, when the parts are properly assembled.

Interior-ly, an arched spring 90 of substantially the form shown is secured, as shown in Fig. 7 at its ends to the side walls of the box at theupper rear corners, the lower or free end thereof being designated to engage an exposed plate and its holder at the end edges as best shown in Fig. 9, in order that, in the subsequent rearward movement of said plate within the box the spring may not sweep across a part ofthe' subject to mar it.

An inclined track 73 is secured centrally 'to the bottom wall of the box, see Figs. 7

and 9, its top being grooved to contain a spring 74, serving to cushion the fall of a plate and holder from the magazine, the spring being providedinfrear of its freeend with a stop 75 to prevent forward movement of a plate holder thereon.

The side walls of the dark box are provided with plate-springs 76 near the top,

socket 22 of the slide-frame 20, which/in the left hand movement of said slide frame ridesover an actuating lever 7 9 of the darkbox and its plate will' be moved rearward past the stop 75 of spring 74; andspurs 77 of.

- springs 76. Conveniently, the rock-levers 80 are shaped as shown for simultaneous operation by the lever 7 9, which forms an extensionof the right hand rock lever, both levers being bell-cranked as at 82, and the cranks connected by rod 83, and the lower ends 84 of the levers being of a length to accord with the bell-cranks and to coiiperate' therewith'in movingtheplate holders rearward. r Thus constructed, the operation of my attachment is-as follows: Thedark-slide 32 of the magazine 23 will be adjusted to exclude light at front, and the magazine 'will be loaded with one or more plates of desired size fitted in the plate holders A, through the rear and the back 41, and its spring 40 placed in position as shown Figs. 4 and 6. The slide frame will now be moved to the left until the spring lever 24: enters its notch near the middle of said rail 4 Fig. 2, thus bringing the focusing glass 21 automatically into proper position behind the opening 3 of the main frame and that of the camera back. Proper focus is now obtained through manipulation of the usual adjusting devices of the camera, and the slide frame will then be 7 moved to the right to bring thevmagazine 23 back of the opening 3 of main frame. There the slide may be locked in place'by causing the latch 24 to engage one or the other of the notches 19 of scale 19" ofithe main 1 being pressed forward, the foremost one frame, according to size'of exposure to bemade. .It is understood-of'course, that as a preliminary step in the operation, the slidecurtains 9, one or more, must be properly adj usted. The plate-holders A are at this time restingagainst ,theupper and lower stopblades 47 and 48. 5A ownward movement of the crank '65 moves-the upper blade up- -ward, and the lower blade downward, at the same time causing an opposite movement of the release blades, this operation resulting in moving the foremost plate-holder forward into contact with the sto pins 55 and 56of the release blades, at 'w ich' 'time the prepared'plate is in exact focus, as said stop plns are in aplan'e with the focusin -glass 21. The dark-slide 32 is now move from in front ofthe plate, and anexposure made. Assuming that there is to be but one exposure on this plate the slide frame is moved to the left to'- the limit of its movement, when upon moylng the crankfi5- upward a reversal moved from the mai ferred to a dark room or development.

of the described movements of the stop and release blades will be effected and the foremost plate-holder being released will slide down the beveled ends of the tracks 38 onto the chute or plate shift 28, which may now be tilted by operation of lever 30 Figs. 2 and to discharge the plate holder, which will drop through the slot 7 in the rail 5 vonto the sprin flap 72, and so into the dark box :68. As t e slide frame is thus moved the trip .78 will ride over the lever 79 of the dark box, but on the return movement of the slide-frame the prolonged upper end 7 8 of the trip will strike the frame 22 and the trip will actuate the lever 7 9exterior of the box and rock levers '80 within the box and thereby move a plate-holder rearward.

The box is provided with a slide cover 85 fitted to exclude light from the exposed plates within the box until said box is reframe 2 and trans- It' will be understood that while the magazine and the dark-box are designed to hold 12 plates andtheir plate-holders, that a less number may be used, and that the dark-box may be taken to the dark room with but one plate for development.

I claim 1. The combination with a camera, of an attachment for automatically positioning and discha'rgingfexposed plates, comprising a main frame attached to the camera-back, a

slide frame movable thereupon and carrying a focusing glass,-a plate magazine having stop-pins in a plane with the focusing glass and also carried by said slide, a darkbox removably secured to one end of the main frame, means for transferring an exposed plate .to the dark-box, a device ,for

moving said plate aside in the dark-box to give space for another, and means carried by the slide for automatically actuating said device as the magazine is returned to exposin position.

2.- The combination with a camera, of an attachment for automatically positioning plates and discharging exposed plates into a dark-box, comprismg a' main frame attached to the camera-back and provided with rails haviifg ways, the lower rail having a slot near one end through which the plates are discharged,"a slide frame movable in said ways andprovided with a fo cusing glass, a socket and a plate shift at the mouth of the socket and adjacent to said slot, a ma azine adapted to fit said socket and provided with 19. dark-slide, and with means to-advance plate holders successively to the focusing plane, a dark-box removably attached to the main frame and having a guarded slot beneath the slot in the slide frame, means for delivering a plate to the plateshift whence the plate passes through bothsaid slots into the dark-box, and means for automatically moving said plate rearwardly in the dark-box as the magazine is returned to exposing position.

3. The combination with a camera of an apparatus for automatically positioning plates and discharging exposed-plate, comprising a main frame attached to the camera back and having rails provided with ways and the upper one'with stop notches and the plates and discharging exposed plates, comprising a main frame secured to the camera back and having attached thereto a plurality of slidable dark curtains for determining the field of ex'msnre and adjustable at will to the opening in the camera back, a spring-actuated detent to lock said curtains in adjusted position, a slide movable lengthwise of the main frame and carrying a focusing glass'and magazine, a dark-box removably secured to one end of the main frame, and means for transferring exposed plates from the magazine to the dark-box.

5. The combination with a camera, of an attachment for automatically positioning plates and discharging exposed plates, comprising a main frame secured to the camera back and provided with. a plurality of dark curtains adjustable at will to the opening in the camera back and having openings of varying area, a spring-actuated ,det-ent to lock said curtains in adjusted position, a

slide frame movable lengthwise of the main frame and carrying a focusing glass and a magazine, a dark-box removably secured to one end ofthe main frame, and means for transferring exposed plates fromthe magazi'ne to the dark box. i

The combination with a camera, of an attachment for automatically positioning prising a main frame secured to the camera back and having a plurality of slidable spring-controlled dark curtains adjustable to the opening in the camera back, a spring actuated detent to lock said curtalns in desired position, a slide frame movable lengthwise on the main frame and carrying a focusing glass and a magazine, a dark-box removably secured to one end of the, main frame, and means for transferring exposed "plates from the magazine to the dark-box.

attachment for automatically positioning plates and discharging exposed plates, comprising a main frame secured to the cameraback, a slide frame movable lengthwise of the main frame and carrying ,a focusing glass and magazine socket, and a magazine adapted to said socket and embodying a flexible dark slide, aremovable back having plane with the foeusing glass, and .means to actuate the stop and release blades.

8. The combination with a camera, of an attachment for automatically positioning dark box, comprising a main frame secured to the camera-back, a slide frame movable lengthwise thereon and carrying a focusing glass and magazine, and a dark box removably secured to one end of the main frame and embodying a slotted top guarded by a springflap, rock-levers having connected ofisets and arms parallel with the ofisets, an inclined way having therein a spring carrying a stop, plate springs at the sides of the box having stops, and an arched spring ferring exposed plates from the magazine to the dark box.

In testimony whereof in presence of two witnesses.

TONY ZABROCKI.

Witnesses:

D. E. TAWNEY, W. SMITH.

plates and discharging exposed plates, com- 7. The combination with a camera, of an,

a spring, tracks for plate holders, stop blades, release blades having stop pins in a plates and discharging exposed plates into a at the back of the box, and means fortrans- I affix my signature 

